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"Airtight", an electrifying blend of Jazz/Funk/Pop/World music, was founded in the Tampa Bay area in 1989 by vocalist/drummer Marc Clermont. In 1994, after relocating to Orlando, Airtight was joined by bassist/vocalist/producer Robert Wawoe and the very dynamic and soulful keyboardist/composer Ed Krout. They continue to play and electrify audiences wherever they perform and have been a staple at the Lakeridge Winery since the mid 90s.

Born into a musically gifted family, Alex learned how to play guitar, ukulele and piano at an early age. In middle school she wrote her first song and has been writing page after page of music since. Her songs are deeply emotional and an intimate snapshot of her life. Her voice has been described as soothing, seductive, powerful and beautiful. Her ability to connect with listeners has been a major influence to her successful growing fan base. Alex performs with such raw intensity that listeners are trasfixed from the first note to the last. Today Alex performs across Central Florida and plans to start a regional tour upon the release of her debut CD. With goals to produce a full length album in 2016 and performing throughout her home state, there are no plans of slowing down for this young songstress.

Learn more: www.alexstamper.com

Blues Train is a talented group of blues musicians founded by vocalist/drummer Marc Clermont. The band consist of some of Central Florida's top blues singers and musicians and has been entertaining audiences at Lakeridge Winery for years. They are one of the "must see" acts at all of the winery Blues events.

Beautiful Bobby is an excellent entertainer who specializes in contemporary southern soul/blues & classic r&b music. His band is the premier choice in Central Florida for private parties, festivals and nightclubs. He gained many new fans when he was a co-headliner with Buddy Guy at the House of Blues-Orlando in 2006. In May 2010 Bobby opened for the legendary BB King in Orlando. March 2013 he opened for the Robert Randolph Band at the City of Orlando’s Blues & BBQ event. He has shared the stage with many other top blues artists at festivals and comes from a long line of polished blues guitarists from Texas. He hails from Athens, Texas (black eye peas capitol) and started his musical adventure there at the age of 16 with additional on-the-gig training around Austin, Tx playing with older musicians.

Beautiful Bobby’s band performed at the BB King’s Club in Orlando two nights a week from 2008-2012. He is based out of Leesburg, Fl where his fans gather each year to catch his band at the annual Mardi Gras & Bikefest. He performs numerous concerts during the year at the Lakeridge Winery in Clermont, Fl. You’ll be sure to enjoy one of the best live shows in the business when you attend Beautiful Bobby Blackmon’s high energy show. Check out his CDs & schedule at his website: www.cdbaby.com/cd/beautifulbobbyblackmon. His music is played on numerous blues stations throughout the USA. His band also has numerous live performances videos on www.youtube.com.

Beautiful Bobby is an excellent entertainer who specializes in contemporary southern soul/blues & classic R & B music. He performs both as a solo act and with his band the B3 Blues Band, and has opened for legendary acts like Buddy Guy and BB King.

Bobby comes from a long line of polished blues guitarists from Texas. He hails from Athens, Texas (black eye peas capitol) and started his musical adventure there at the age of 16 with additional on-the-gig training around Austin, Tx playing with older musicians.

You'll be sure to enjoy one of the best live shows in the business when you attend Beautiful Bobby Blackmon's high energy show.

Learn more: www.cdbaby.com/cd/beautifulbobbyblackmon

Tory Wynter is internationally recognized an acclaimed ambassador for World Music; an award-winning singer, composer, arranger, music producer, and recording artist. Born in Jamaica, Tory burst into the recording industry, albums and singles for major record labels. Tory has recorded an array of hit songs that has reached the #1 position on the Billboard Music Charts for nine consecutive weeks.

Learn more: http://www.cosmicwb.com/

Jeff Whitfield is a Central Florida native who has unbridled passion for music. He grew up listening to Elvis, Motown, Rock and Blues. When he was 12, his mother bought him a guitar for his birthday. Between his old six string and the family piano, the love affair began. Throughout his school days, Jeff became a part of music at every opportunity. He sang in school choir and church, as well as playing in his high school jazz band. As a senior in high school, Jeff began performing at local eateries and pubs. The ball just kept rolling.

Jeff attended college for a while, but his passion for performance took over. He began by releasing his first album, " Kindred Bridges" as an independent when he was just 22. Jeff made the rounds in the Central Florida music scene playing an average of 200 shows per year. He later released, " Imaginary Way" with his band Macha Gray, but the band broke up soon after. Today, Jeff Whitfield is still doing what he is passionate about. his new release "Choices" is getting much acclaim and interest from listeners. Jeff calls what he does, " music for your soul, organic and honest tunes that you can connect to in a personal way."

Ron Duncan is an accomplished singer, guitarist, performer and composer with over 40 years of musical experience. He has composed more than twenty five songs for PBS. Ron has entertained countless crowds through Central Florida in various bands and as a soloist. He performs with unique drum rhythms without backing tracks. His set list consist of Reggae, Rock, Fifties and Sixties, and Island Music.

Ron Duncan is an accomplished singer, guitarist, performer and composer with over 40 years of musical experience. He has composed more than twenty five songs for PBS. Ron has entertained countless crowds through Central Florida in various bands and as a soloist. He performs both as a solo act and as a band. His set list consist of Reggae, Rock, Fifties and Sixties, and Island Music.

Joe Hand is a professional producer, writer, and musician. He can't golf, climb rocks or skydive. Music is what he does. A graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Joe is a multi-instrumentalist whose writing style leans towards live music, played by skillful living breathing people.

www.joehand.com

Robert Harris has one of the premier Jazz / R&B groups in central Florida. In addition to his regular club dates, Robert has performed at several National Jazz Festivals and Concerts with his central Florida based group.

Robert has performed at several large Jazz Festivals, where he opened for various artists like Richard Elliot, Marion Meadows, Gerald Veasley, Walter Beasley, Spyro Gyra, Mindi Abair, Kenny G. and more.

When Robert Harris steps onto a stage, he's smiling... It happens every time. "There's simply no other way to play live music," says the smooth-jazz bandleader. Not for him. "It's just what I am" Harris says. "For me, the glass is more than half full all the time."

www.robertharrismusic.com

The Dave Capp Project featuring Ms. France Neil is Orlando's new premiere Variety Band. DCP combines the talents of professional musicians and plays a variety of styles, including jazz, blues, pop, ballads, R&B, Motown and rock. DCP was nominated by the Orlando Weekly Reader’s Poll as “Best Jazz Act of 2015 & 2016.” Some of the venues DCP has played at include House of Blues at Downtown Disney, Disney Springs, The College Park Jazz Festival, Harbor Nights at Universal Studios, Walt Disney World, Harry P. Leu Gardens, the New Smyrna Beach Jazz Festical, The Daytona 500, Hard Rock and The Plaza Theatre. Dave plays saxophone for the Blues Brother’s Show at Universal Studios. Vocalist France Neil is well-known in Central Florida and sang in the “Lion King Show” at Disney World for many years.

Check out The Dave Capp Project on YouTube.

The Smokin' Torpedoes consist of four experienced musicians committed to providing an entertaining, live performance based on a variety of blues influences. Each member brings their own unique style to the band, providing every listener with genuine blues rhythms, melodies and the charisma associated with bands paying tribute to the music we all love the BLUES!

Website www.orlando-blues.com

If your audience wants to dance and rock the night away the LADYZ & THE BOYZ will provide a night of memorable entertainment with dance hits from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and to the current day! Showcasing the greatest female singers of the Golden Era of Rock and Roll the band will bring you a performance that will have you out of your seats and dancing all night! Of course the BOYZ can rock you as well with some of the greatest Rock and Roll hits!!

Baby Blues & the No Attitude Band originated in Florida in 1991, consisting of Classic Rock, R&B, Cajun, and a variety of Blues, appealing to all ages. Featuring the dynamic lead vocals of Leslie Eberline, all band members have toured and recorded throughout the world on major concert stages, as well as being endorsed by major music companies. Baby Blues was the first band to be featured at Lakeridge and audiences request Baby Blues on major event stages, please join us to see why.

Website www.babybluesband.com

Play what you feel. Sing what you believe. Perform as if each show was your last!

Mike Quick - guitar/vocal
Anni Piper – bass
Zach Pernice– drums
Paul Brandenburg - sax

Searching for new ways to express ourselves, through the instrument of soul. Peace, Love & all that is Funky in the world

Website www.mikequickband.com

The members of Nightly Groove have played together for over 20 years. Lisa Jones powerful lead vocals is along with John Schilling on guitar/vocals, Bill Bradley on keyboard/vocals, Mike Molloy on bass/vocals and John Heizman on drums/vocals create a crisp, steady pocket for the band to groove on. The combined talents of these five diverse musicians give the band their tight, cohesive sound. Above all, Nightly Blues creates a fun, musically rich environment, adding new life and fresh ideas to many blues and r & b classics. Listen and enjoy!

Website www.thenightlygrooveband.com

Bobby Koelble is a graduate of Berklee College of Music with a B.M. in Performance, whose hallmark is diversity. He is equally at home playing jazz, rock, classical, blues and fingerstyle acoustic guitar. He is Professor of Contemporary at Rollins College (since 1998) and Jazz Guitar at the University of Central Florida (since 2007).

Over the years, Bobby has performed with several prominent jazz performers such as Sam Rivers, Chris Potter, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Lou Donaldson, Larry Coryell and Kenny Drew Jr. He was also a guitarist for the influential heavy metal band Death, and currently plays for the official Death DTA legacy band. He is currently the guitarist for the Absinthe Trio (voted Best Jazz Act in the 2016 Orlando Weekly music poll) the New Sam Rivers Rejuvenation Orchestra, legendary fusion bassist Dave LaRue, and the jazz/fusion group Airtight, who performs regularly at the Lakeridge Winery.

Bobby resides in Winter Springs with his wife and daughter and works regularly in Central Florida as an in-demand freelance musician/teacher.

Check out Bobby on YouTube www.youtube.com/user/BobbyKoelble/videos

In 2015, Jeff Whitfield traveled to Dreamland Studios,Woodstock, New York to record his album," Choices". His friend and collegue, Bobby Croft (The Gregg Allman band, Derek Trucks) agreed to go with him to produce the album and play bass on the tracks. There they met world reknowned drummer, Jerrty Marotta(Orleans, Peter Gabriel, Hall and Oates, Paul McCartney), The Indigo Girls, who is co-owner of Dreamland. Jerry Agreed to play drums on the album. The chemistry was immmediate and palatable! Since recording " Choices ", The Jeff Whitfield band has played the world famous" Bitter End" in Manhattan, as well as The Leesburg Bike Festival and The Myakka River Blues Festival. This hard hitting trio plays Whitfield's original music, Blues, Rock and Soul covers. The all-star lineup of Jerry Marotta on drums and Bobby Croft on bass, makes for the perfect foundation for Jeff Whitfields vocals and guitar work.

Blue Train is a central Florida based group featuring some of the most in demand session and touring musicians in the Southeast, playing classic rock and blues! All featured musicians are solo artists in their own right.

The group is the brain child of Vocalist/Drummer Marc Clermont who has led Divi Records' Funk/Jazz group Airtight, who have been featured performers at the winery for over 25 years. Lakeridge Winery's own Charles Cox approached Marc about the idea of putting a group like this together and Marc was excited! Blue Train was born!

Their first performance at the Lakeridge Winery was in 2010 and they have enjoyed being a staple at Lakeridge. The group pays tribute to the great rock and blues artists with songs that really reflective joy of Classic American music: BB King, Robert Cray, Tom Petty, Delbert McClinton, Johnny Winter, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Robert Johnson, Blues Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Miller, Santana, Stevie Wonder, Johnny Lang, just to name a few! Their high energy shows are always lots of fun and special guests always drop in!

Airtight specializes in original music and original arrangements of classic Pop, Jazz, Rock, R&B, World music. Airtight can also perform a night of Funk and Dance music if the mood strikes.

Buddy was born in Beirut Lebanon and was shortly after involved in music. He began taking classical piano lessons around the age of 5 and had his first performance around age 6.

Around the time he was 14, a coincidental encounter with a neighbor (Ali Sleeq) changed the way Buddy saw music, and decided to pick up the guitar. Armed with a broken classical guitar obtained from his best friend and daily lessons from his neighbor, Buddy was quickly introduced to the Blues. Shortly after learning the basics of Blues and a few chords, Buddy formed a band with his brother and friends and began performing at coffee shops and school talent shows. Around the age of 16, Buddy was a performing musician around Beirut in several bands leading up to, years later, his most known band: The Beirut Blues Brothers.

Buddy has since moved to Orlando Florida where he quickly integrated himself in the music scene. He is currently part of the Knights of the Blues Table, a Blues band doing weekly gigs all over Central Florida. He is also doing studio recordings, working as a session musician, and recording his own music which is soon to be released.

The Buddy Blues Band delivers a true, authentic, and polished Blues/Funk sound.
On Guitar: Buddy Blues
On Bass: Wa Du
On Organ and Piano: Chris Nordman
On Drums: Curtis Nutall


Visit their website: www.buddybluesband.com/home.html

Crenshaw is an exciting indie-folk duo that will make you stop and listen. Based out of Lake County FL, this husband and wife team has been singing together for years. They decided to create the duo about 3 years ago and show no signs of slowing down. Connect with them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @crenshawband.

From New England, Jim Goncalo on Drums. From London, England, Stephen Roberts on Bass Guitar. From Sheffield, England, Neil Shaw on lead guitar, vocals and harp. From Barnsley, England, Eve Shaw on vocals.

Formed in 2015 Shawline play the blues, ......and when we say "Blues", we mean blues from Steve Ray Vaughn, Kenny Wayne Shepard, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Eric Clapton, Etta James, Susan Tedeschi, Aretha Franklin and many many more........plus some rockin originals.

Shawline, hail from The Nature Coast of Florida, Hernando and Citrus County. Music is our passion and we love to show it. The Band just wrapped up a 2 night stint with Top, South Florida Blues man Midnite Johnny Morana. All are season musicians, having toured the UK, Europe and southeastern USA.

Visit their website: www.shawlineband.com

The Ambassador of Rock 'n Soul, Billy Buchanan & his Rock 'n Soul Revue are at your service! This nonstop, no holds barred show is an authentic, jawdropping homage to The Pioneers. Buchanan channels soul greats like Ray Charles, The Drifters, Sam Cooke, James Brown, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jackie Wilson, Stax icons, Motown superstars, and many more with ease. Born and raised in Cleveland, OH, the city where DJ Alan Freed first coined the phrase "Rock and Roll", Billy Buchanan has a deep musical heritage.

Digging into his father's LPs at a very young age, he became a disciple of all the soul, blues, and rock trailblazers. Not only does this gritty song and dance man belt out the classics like nobody’s business, he is an exceptional, award winning songwriter. In his original music, you can hear the backbeat rhythms and musical influences of all the artists he admires.

Visit his website: www.billybuchanan.org

We are Gypsy Elise & The Royal Blues, a touring band originally out of New Orleans (now located in Central FL), are a blues / funk / rock / jazz band, led by Gypsy Elise, a dynamic, charismatic Basque Gypsy who is just as intoxicatingly engaging and beautiful as she is talented. During her illustrious career, She has performed with BB King, Robert Cray, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Lee Hooker, Big Brother & The Holding Company to name a few.

We won the "Best Band on Bourbon St 2013" award, performing 6 days a week 3 doors down from Preservation Hall in the French Quarters for several years. We have over 70+ originals, two of which have been nominated for Grammy’s!

Visit his website: www.reverbnation.com/GypsyElisetheRoyalBlueBand

Guitarist Rusty Wright has drawn on his family's Southern roots and a wealth of blues, Southern rock and legendary blues rock influences to craft his uniquely bluescentric sound that leans on duet-style songs and showcases his flamboyant guitar style. Singer guitarist Laurie LaCross-Wright spent years touring the country with bands and as a solo entertainer before joining forces with Rusty in 1998. Since forming the five-piece Rusty Wright Band in 2004 Rusty & Laurie have reached a global audience with five acclaimed albums of original works, a syndicated PBS concert, performances at top blues events across three continents and induction into the Blues Hall of Fame® as a Master Blues Artist. The couple enjoys duo performance opportunities that allow their songs and the stories behind them to shine in the warmth of an intimate setting. Along with tunes from everyone's favorite blues artists they will also be performing tunes from their extensive catalog of music, including songs from their Billboard Top 10 album “Wonder Man.”



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David Julia is in his teens and dead serious about the blues. It is not surprising that at the young age of seven he began performing right here in Clermont, Florida. On Stage it definitely shows. David is in a blues zone confidently playing the music he believes in and lives to perform. With his sultry voice and masterful guitar licks, David at age sixteen along with his band of seasons professionals won the Suncoast Blues Challenge and gained national recognition at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. The guitarist, band leader, singer/songwriter and entertainer will be releasing his second CD in October with a tour to follow.



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Jess Emery is a local musician based out of Ocala who has been entertaining audiences with his own mix of music that includes hits from the 70’s, to country, to more modern selections. He has opened for national acts at the Rock Crusher Canyon and performs at a variety of other venues.



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The year 2016 was one of large-scale and unexpected change for Tampa Bay area blues and soul vocalist Lauren Mitchell. During a tumultuous time in both her personal and professional life, she was given the opportunity to rise from the challenges she was facing and make the album of her career with producer Tony Braunagel. Mitchell took the leap of faith because she is a true student of the blues, a music that's all about finding a way to transform difficult experiences into something cathartic. The timing was perfect. She had an album to record.

That album, "Desire," is her most fully realized musical statement to date. Through a bold mix of her own original material, songs she hand-picked from the repertoires of her friends, and select covers of tunes first performed by Etta James, Bettye Lavette, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin and Betty Davis, Mitchell tells a blues story that's been a lifetime in the making. It's a stylistically varied set of 13 songs expertly recorded by drummer and Grammy-winning producer Tony Braunagel, whose work with Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal and Robert Cray have made him one of today's most in-demand blues industry professionals.

Recorded during a ten-day trip to Los Angeles, Braunagel brought out the best in Mitchell, highlighting every nuance in her powerful vocals and helping her craft an emotionally resonant album that's destined to go down as one of the year's highlights. Besides Braunagel, the band features guitarists Johnny Lee Schell and Josh Sklair, keyboardist Jim Pugh, bassist Reggie McBride, sax player Joe Sublett, trumpet player Darrell Leonard, and percussionist Lenny Castro. "The blues is a song of victory," Mitchell says. "It's a way to say, 'I'm over it,' and now I'm turning it into this beautiful thing that can help someone else heal. That's what this record is for me."

Learn more at LaurenMitchellMusic.com